Gamecube VGA output,opinions?

[Corbo]

Just wondering does anyone here use/had a Gamecube VGA box/lead.Well which ones such i look out for and are they any good?


Thanks

[Papercut]

get a modded jpn prog scan video cable. they're pretty much all alike. www.videogameimports.com can usally be relied upon for quality mods too.

I made my own... and its very good. just as good as the DC vga adaptor, in fact.

[g-funk]

Are all games compatible?

[yashiro]

All progressive scan games, yes. (must hold B on boot)

[Papercut]

... which represents about 90% of ntsc titles.

[Valken]

It's the best thing I bought for my gamecube... the picture quality is amazing and pretty much every game I own supports it (except Jap Super Monkey Ball)

You should see games like F-Zero and Wind Waker through it!

I made mine myself too but they're about the same price as a modded RGB lead to buy.

http://www.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad/gc/vgacable.htm

Take a peek at that link... ignore the dodgy looking site they're pretty trustworthy... I got a wavebird and a GC D cable from them during the summer and it arrived in perfect order.

[johnjwaters]

Are upscan convertors any good?

I thought I might get one 'cus then I have one device for all consoles...

XRGB-2 Plus Upscan Converter

is the one on lik-sang, but scan have one for 60 quid, and I was wondering if anyone had tried that, ta for advice.

[Papercut]

avoid scan converters wherever possible

picture quality is washed out and blurry. akin to composite video, but not as good.

[Valken]

I don't have any direct experience with them but I've read that they give a quality comparable or a teenie weeney bit worse than RPG.

Some people swear by them but unless you're really limited to a monitor for gamage I wouldn't bother.

[gIzzE]

depends how much you want/are prepared to spend on an upscan converter.

You need to spend a few hundred to get an image comparable to the native progressive from a vga cable.
But at the end of the day using VGA is going to give you 720x480 where as using a scaler or line doubler you are only really taking 720x240 and converting it to 720x480. That is a very basic explanation btw.

To put it another way if you transfer vhs to dvd do you expect to get more detail ??
or if you transfer dvd to hi-def do you expect more information within the image ?

The X-rgb is a good way to get an image to a monitor that wont sync at normal pal/ntsc interlaced frequencies, but if using a machine that can do progressive it will be far better.